Film

The Truman Show 1998

Directed by Peter Weir

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 103 min
  • PG

Rotten Tomatoes94%Metacritic90

On the air. Unaware.

In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.

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Contemporary and meticulous.

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  • rawmeticulous
  • contemplativerelentless
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • effortlessdemanding

Who loves it, who doesn't

The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 14The Provocateur: disliked by 314 / 3The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 13The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 213 / 2The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 1414The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 10The Ironist: disliked by 110 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 7The Genre Devotee: disliked by 37 / 3The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 9The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 19 / 1The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 66The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 4The Sincere: disliked by 14 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

147 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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